Apple speaks out 11/27/2001
As many expected, Apple joined the chorus of critics of the Microsoft antitrust settlement. Here is what one critic says of the settlement:
“By allowing Microsoft to flood the education market with free software–at virtually no cost to the company–the court will be virtually assuring that no other competitor will be able to charge for its products,” said CCIA President Edward Black.
As an educator who watched Apple get swallowed up by the pc market in several school systems and then have a beautiful comeback in another, I agree wholeheartedly that free software in the education market is tantamount to guaranteed future business. Red tape is hard to navigate… The government is laying out a red carpet for Microsoft here. I thought the idea was to punish them not expand their monopoly into a new market. Argh!!
The CNET article can be read in full here.
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